THE PREMIERE COSTUME BAND OF HOLLYWOOD CARNIVAL

EPIC MAS BAND is The Los Angeles Culture Festival “Hollywood Carnival’’ premier Carnival Band, hosted by international recording artiste and King of Soca music, Machel Montano. EPIC Mas was established to support the Los Angeles Culture Festival (LACF) in their mission to promote the culture of the West Indian community in California. We began as a section with 80 masqueraders and quickly expanded to a full group of 300 masqueraders in 2015. EPIC has also participated as a section both in Baje International for Barbados Crop Over 2015, and Toronto Caribana 2015. In February2016, EPIC made its dynamic debut in Trinidad & Tobago Carnival as a guest section in Fantasy Carnival—one the largest and most popular Carnival bands in the country.

AUDIENCE

EPIC MAS expanded to a full, all-inclusive Carnival band in 2015, making a significant mark on Hollywood Carnival with 300 masqueraders and becoming the largest band in the parade. We also achieved one of our goals by expanding our reach to other Caribbean audiences through participation in Toronto Caribana and Barbados Cropover. The collective momentum gained from our participation in foreign Carnivals can be leveraged to potentially increase travel numbers from around the world to the mecca of Carnival—Trinidad & Tobago.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Adorable, Affordable, Reusable

Costumes have been designed with a fashionable aesthetic, that make our clients feel beautiful and comfortable. We also use fabrics and materials that make our costumes reusable. Our clients now have the benefit of buying a costume that they can use after Carnival Parade day, by integrating it with their own style to go to other social events such as the beach, night club, and other social scenes!

* All costumes are produced in Trinidad and Tobago (body pieces, wire bending, and feather piece creations).

All costumes are produced in Trinidad and Tobago (body pieces, wire bending and feather piece creations).

MISSION

To promote key elements of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival and the Caribbean by engaging, supporting, and exporting Caribbean talent in markets that are open to and interested in the unique experience our culture offers.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of EPIC MAS is to promote key elements of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival by engaging, supporting, and exporting Caribbean talent in markets that are open to and interested in the unique experience our culture offers.